A Perspective of Epigenetic Regulation in Radiotherapy

Radiation therapy (RT) has been employed as a tumoricidal modality for more than 100 years and on 470,000 patients each year in the United States. The ionizing radiation causes genetic changes and results in cell death. However, since the biological mechanism of radiation remains unclear, there is a...

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Main Authors: Qin Peng, Kegui Weng, Shitian Li, Richard Xu, Yingxiao Wang, Yongzhong Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.624312/full